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K. G. BARKHAUSEN.

GAS HOLDER. No 482,891. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARL GEORG BARKHAUSEN, OF HANOVER, GERMANY.

GAS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,891, datedSeptember 20, 1892.

Application filed January 9, 1892. Serial No. 417,479. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, KARL GEORG BARK- HAUSEN, professor, a subject of theKing of Prussia and German Emperor,residingatHanover, in the Kingdom ofPrussia and German Empire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gas-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following tobeafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to gas-holders; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the gas-holder. Fig.2 is a plan view showing the bell in section.

A is the bell, and B is the outer section of the holder. These partsslide vertically in a tank or receptacle and are provided with the railsf and rollers t, and are constructed, supported, and guided in anyapproved manner. A stationary central pillar b is provided inside theholder and may also form the inlet or outlet gas-pipe. A ring I) isconstructed to slide on this pillar, and c are radial chains or ropes,which connect the ring 6 with the lower edge of the bottom of section Band prevent it from shifting laterally. The ring I) is also connected byradial chains or cords d with the lower edge of the bell A, and thesechains are of such length that they are not drawn taut until the bellhas ascended and the lower section is about to commence its ascent.Light supports e are secured to the bottom of the tank or receptacleunder the middle parts of the chains cl. These supports carry the slackchains when the bell is lowered and prevent them from kinking andbecoming entangled with each other. The rails f and guide-pulleys t maybe dispensed with altogether, ifdesired.

I claim- 1. In a gas-holder, the combination, with the outer section Band the bell A, of a stationary central pillar inside the holder, a ringconstructed to slide on the said pillar, a series of radial chains (:1,connecting the said ring with the periphery of the bell, and a secondseries of chains connecting the said ring with the periphery of theouter section B, substantially as set forth.

2. In a gas-holder, the combination, with the bell A, of a stationarycentral pillar inside the holder, a ring constructed to slide on thesaid pillar, a series of radial chains connecting the said ring with theperiphery of the bell, and the supports 6, arranged under the middleportions of the said chains, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KARL GEORG BARKHAUSEN.

Witnesses:

ERNST BLooK, WILHELM STEDING.

